Indonesia to be first foreign user of Turkey’s Khan missile system

MERSIN, Turkey — Turkish missile-maker Roketsan signed a contract with Indonesia this month to provide Khan missiles and a multilayer air protection system for the Asian nation’s army.

That is the primary time the Khan missile system, an export model of the combat-proven Bora ballistic missile system, will enter the stock of a pressure apart from the Turkish army.

The deal was introduced on the Indo Defence Expo & Discussion board, which ran Nov. 2-5. Talking to Turkish media, Roketsan’s deputy basic supervisor, Murat Kurtulus, harassed the significance of the Southeast Asian market to the corporate.

“We are going to quickly be placing our first merchandise into the service of the Indonesian Ministry of Protection due to the contracts we now have signed,” Kurtulus stated. “These are two completely different merchandise. The Khan missile system is the primary. It is a important weapon system with a variety of 280 kilometers and excessive precision within the battlefield’s depths. The Indonesian army would be the system’s first overseas consumer.”

Kurtulus additionally famous the corporate will develop a tailored air protection system for the Indonesian Military.

“The second contract is concerning the layered air protection system. The Indonesian Ministry of Protection had completely different necessities on this regard. We have now created a brand new mannequin in collaboration with our worldwide enterprise companions. A technical and monetary mannequin has been developed. We are going to current our first layered air protection system merchandise as two separate medium- and long-range programs right here. Within the coming months, we can even talk about shut air protection programs,” Kurtulus defined.

Roketsan officers didn’t reveal further details about the layered air protection system, and the corporate declined to reply Protection Information’ inquiries concerning the contracts’ values and supply timelines.

In keeping with Roketsan brochures, the Khan missile can launch from a multi-barrel rocket launcher on an eight-wheel drive automobile. In accordance with the client’s necessities, it could additionally launch from different tactical wheeled automobiles.

The 280-kilometer-range (174-mile-range) missile weighs about 2,500 kilograms (5,512 kilos) with a 470-kilogram (1,036-pound) high-explosive warhead. Khan missiles are managed through aerodynamic management with an electromechanical actuation system, and supported with GPS and inertial steerage system know-how.

It’s rumored the Indonesian Navy is considering Turkey’s Atmaca anti-ship missile system, although Roketsan has not confirmed this.

Nonetheless, Kurtulus didn’t Indonesia’s “very massive coastlines” and islands, including that the nation “wants naval programs and surface-to-surface guided missiles. We would like and hope that we will additional develop the cooperation that we signed for the primary time at this exhibition within the close to future.”